Corruption in English football?

[Paladin]

In the interest of impartiality and full disclosure, I think that goal v Villa when Rodri came back from an offside position to tackle Mings was also very dodgy. Letter of the laws yes, spirit of the laws no.
Think it might have been Bernardo who eventually scored?
That said, hypocritical Bert that I am, I fully defended it at the time

The difference between that and Fernandes' goal is letter of the laws no, spirit of the laws no.

 

[Stephen230]

Of course. EVERYONE has their price, whether it be financial, reputational or threat of harm to oneself or family; literally hundreds of ways an individual can be 'bought'.

The goalkeeper in question has made more than one than one basic error under little or no pressure which has ended up with the ball in the net. I'm not saying for one moment these are indisputable examples of corruption, but surely you can see how it could appear suspicious?

I’ve not even seen the goals from that game yet but I’ll accept it was a howler from comments I read.

I’ve seen Lloris make some fuck ups. But I can’t honestly say I’ve ever thought they happen more with him than is normal for a ‘keeper of his standard. If I had to pick one very good goalkeeper who seems to make an unusual number of complete howlers, I’d probably go for Allison.

Although if I was a top ‘keeper being paid to let goals in, I think I’d be aiming more for not making brilliant saves that no one would really expect you to make, than chucking in howlers that are going to get played on fuck up compilations for years to come.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Don’t know if it’s the same game but I was sat in The North Stand in that 3-3 game V Southampton, when he was wearing a mask. Can’t remember who scored or what it made the score but a shot came in that he could have just picked up and he did some ridiculous dive completely over the ball and let it pass under him into the net. I don’t think there had been any suggestions made public at that stage but I said to my mate there and then that .. He’s let that fucker in on purpose.

Was in the Kippax for that one.

 

[mattcity5]

In the interest of impartiality and full disclosure, I think that goal v Villa when Rodri came back from an offside position to tackle Mings was also very dodgy. Letter of the laws yes, spirit of the laws no.
Think it might have been Bernardo who eventually scored?
That said, hypocritical Bert that I am, I fully defended it at the time

Yeah agreed. That was the first time when I thought the offside rule had gone completely nuts. No way should you be allowed to stand offside and then tackle someone as soon as they get the ball. That law is fucked.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

I’ve not even seen the goals from that game yet but I’ll accept it was a howler from comments I read.

I’ve seen Lloris make some fuck ups. But I can’t honestly say I’ve ever thought they happen more with him than is normal for a ‘keeper of his standard. If I had to pick one very good goalkeeper who seems to make an unusual number of complete howlers, I’d probably go for Allison.

Although if I was a top ‘keeper being paid to let goals in, I think I’d be aiming more for not making brilliant saves that no one would really expect you to make, than chucking in howlers that are going to get played on fuck up compilations for years to come.

Depends on what you'd been asked to do I guess.

 

[cheekybids]

Never going to happen
When retired refs came out and said Ferguson used to get their personal numbers and call them directly it was English football’s chance at a Calcippoli investigation
They covered it up

what they don’t realise is failing to investigate makes an otherwise squeaky clean exec party to the corruption & its there permanently in the background. At any time in the future if the lid comes off, everything gets looked at.

 

[cheekybids]

I don't think it's corrupt, but if anyone thinks the decisions in our favour and the ones against are in equal proportion they've been watching a different sport to me over the past decade.

Lose the first 3 words.

 

[mattcity5]

I've felt like the powers that be have wanted, in some (but not all) seasons, to help our rivals

The brilliant things about Pep's City, is that he makes it as difficult as possible for refs to influence games against us (until now, perhaps). By dominating possession, we don't have to tackle as much, reducing chances for decisions and cards against us. We also do our best to keep teams out of our penalty area, again reducing chances of bad decisions impacting our results. All has meant that there have been games, where even if a ref has wanted to fix a game against us, they just wouldn't be able to without doing something ridiculous.

However, now refs have stumbled upon something they can do. Stop penalising late tackles on us when we keep possession. Stop booking players for first half fouls against us.

They don't have to make shocking decisions, they just have to ref both sides similarly, but reffing in this style works against us. And nobody even notices it.

And then when really bad decisions go against us, nobody really cares anyway apart from us. Because that's how tribal football fans are.

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

How can their be so much money in the premier league and it not be corrupt.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Never going to happen
When retired refs came out and said Ferguson used to get their personal numbers and call them directly it was English football’s chance at a Calcippoli investigation
They covered it up

Refs who were seen to have had a bad game by sir hard shoulder shitter, wouldn't get to ref the rags again for a very long time, and when brought back into the fold would show their gratitude, usually by awarding a penalty first game back. Just like the Mafia, and we all know who the head of the family was.